I suspect designing inadequate parking lots is part of TJ corporate strategy to save money on real estate. Same with Arco, opposite with In n Out.
Eta: even the one in the valley is bad.
Now hold on, I'm gonna press the right pedal harder. I expect us to accelerate.
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bon bon - Feb 01, 2014 5:18:03 pm PST #18747 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Zenkitty - Feb 01, 2014 5:20:53 pm PST #18748 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Our new TJ's has a huge parking lot! Shared with Pier One.
Jessica - Feb 01, 2014 5:21:38 pm PST #18749 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Heh - TJ's in NYC solves that problem by simply not having parking lots.
-t - Feb 01, 2014 5:23:13 pm PST #18750 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Fun!
And I've already used the Merlin app to ID what I now think was a Kite. Nice!
ETA: the TJ's near me are in strip malls with shared parking, and the parking situation is fine. Whole Foods, OTOH, awful. And at least one WF parking lot I know was forced to be awful by the city it is in restricting what they could do with exits and entries in totally nonsensical ways
Hil R. - Feb 01, 2014 5:23:28 pm PST #18751 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The parking lot at the TJ's here is always fine. But it's the least crowded TJ's I've ever been in. I'm not sure that they really got their target market when they opened here.
sarameg - Feb 01, 2014 5:25:47 pm PST #18752 of 30000
I suspect designing inadequate parking lots is part of TJ corporate strategy to save money on real estate.
I've read something somewhere (how conclusive is that?) that basically this is the case.
Kat - Feb 01, 2014 5:26:02 pm PST #18753 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Our TJs in our neighborhood is spacious with a decent-sized lot and still they had to institute a one-way rule with cones for the lot. I often park on the street and walk.
We were at UCLA med center yesterday and I SWEAR the lot there is awful. Plus there is the final indignity that you have to pay a small fortune to park. Fills me with bitterness.
Connie Neil - Feb 01, 2014 5:26:38 pm PST #18754 of 30000
brillig
Isn't their target demographic supposed to be one that eschews automobiles anyway?
Kat - Feb 01, 2014 5:27:24 pm PST #18755 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
So the imaging center I went to was super fancy. It was like a Burke Williams but with boob smooshing. They had private dressing rooms with swanky robes, lockers with the key on a wrist band. They had the lemon and cucumber spa water. AND emory boards in the private waiting area. And Saturday hours which is the best. They know their audience.
Kat - Feb 01, 2014 5:30:13 pm PST #18756 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Isn't their target demographic supposed to be one that eschews automobiles anyway?
I doubt it. The first one that is opened is pretty much on the road that feeds into the oldest freeway in the country, about 4 blocks before the freeway starts.